Published: Friday, May 2, 2014 at 06:15 PM.

GRAHAM — A Graham man was sent to prison this week for beating a woman so severely that it caused bleeding to her brain.

Tony Wayne Brewer Jr., 25, of 429 Kernodle Drive, will be on five years’ probation after his prison release so that he can pay her medical bills, court documents said.

Brewer pleaded guilty to assault inflicting serious bodily injury and assault by strangulation. In exchange for the plea, charges of assault on a female and violating a domestic protective order were dismissed.

According to court documents, Brewer was charged with striking a woman in the head June 30. On Sept. 3, District Court Judge Jim Roberson issued a domestic violence protective order for the woman against Brewer.

On Dec. 15, Graham police charged Brewer with choking that woman.

Alamance County Superior Court Judge Wayne Abernathy issued an active eight- to 19-month sentence with 134 days’ credit for assault by strangulation. The judge ordered a consecutive 17- to 30-month sentence on the assault inflicting serious bodily injury, suspending that for five years while Brewer pays $2,000 in restitution, attorney fees and court costs.

GRAHAM — A Graham man was sent to prison this week for beating a woman so severely that it caused bleeding to her brain.

Tony Wayne Brewer Jr., 25, of 429 Kernodle Drive, will be on five years’ probation after his prison release so that he can pay her medical bills, court documents said.

Brewer pleaded guilty to assault inflicting serious bodily injury and assault by strangulation. In exchange for the plea, charges of assault on a female and violating a domestic protective order were dismissed.

According to court documents, Brewer was charged with striking a woman in the head June 30. On Sept. 3, District Court Judge Jim Roberson issued a domestic violence protective order for the woman against Brewer.

On Dec. 15, Graham police charged Brewer with choking that woman.

Alamance County Superior Court Judge Wayne Abernathy issued an active eight- to 19-month sentence with 134 days’ credit for assault by strangulation. The judge ordered a consecutive 17- to 30-month sentence on the assault inflicting serious bodily injury, suspending that for five years while Brewer pays $2,000 in restitution, attorney fees and court costs.

Also in Alamance County Superior Court:

■ Anthony Rommell Easterling, 19, formerly of 117 Tucker St., Burlington, pleaded guilty to six counts of breaking and entering, six counts of larceny after breaking and entering, obtaining property by false pretense, misdemeanor larceny and injury to personal property.

Burlington police charged Easterling in October 2012 with breaking into six apartments at the Morningside Drive Apartments and stealing copper pipes from inside. On Jan. 14 of this year, he was charged with false pretense after stealing a lawn mower battery and soda cans and selling them at OK Sales on East Webb Avenue.

Abernathy issued two suspended six- to 17-month sentences with 193 days’ credit for time served, and placed Easterling on 24 months’ probation. While on probation, Easterling must pay $1,750 restitution.

■ Christopher Wayne Dickens, 38, of 719 Broad St., Gibsonville, pleaded guilty to felony larceny, two counts of misdemeanor larceny and four counts of breaking and entering a motor vehicle. According to warrants, the break-ins occurred in Burlington and on the Elon University campus May 5, 2013.

In exchange for the plea, charges of possession of stolen goods, possession of drug paraphernalia and up to a half-ounce of marijuana were dismissed.

Dickens was sentenced as a level-four offender. Abernathy issued three consecutive sentences, including one 10- to 21-month sentence and two seven- to 18-month sentences, with 177 days’ credit for time served. Dickens was placed on 36 months’ probation and ordered to pay $1,939 restitution, fees and court costs.